Even though "???" might be a bit short as question/comment, I think it is a good one.

In terms of Debian ffmpeg is death – and his "long life our ffmpeg"/fork (depending on your view) should be used instead. Documentation might adapt to this sooner or later as Debian wheezy will release with it. As it looks now sooner or later ffmpeg (the commandline program) will disappear from Debian.

Ignoring this might have the same consequence as sticking to KDE3 at the time KDE4 was introduced as it's replacement.

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